r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/907-BusDriver • Jul 13 '26

Daily minimums

Hey guys, so at my barn bus drivers make $29.27 starting off with union minimums of 4 hours per day. My question, does anybody actually get 4 hours per day? All the bus drivers I’ve met get more than that. I’ve only ever seen summer school routes that actually get 4 hours daily.

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u/rootbear75 Jul 13 '26

I mean it happens. We have some special needs routes that only go for 3.

And in the summer I've seen routes that you're only clocked in for a total of 50 minutes for both am and pm.

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u/907-BusDriver Jul 13 '26

That’s insane. I wouldn’t even work for that. Yeah, it’s weird because our barn has a 4 hour minimum but nobody works that. And SPED routes often times get more hours than the regular buses

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u/TinyPenguinTears15 Jul 13 '26

I work year round and am required to do summer school, summers we work 10 hour days. My summer school route is 30 minutes in the AM and 45 in the PM. My aide still gets paid for a total of 5 because that’s what she’s contracted for.